The proposed changes to Canada's laws will weaken environmental rules and silence land and business owners, First Nations, taxpayers, scientists, charities and others who wish to defend the environment. More »

The casualties of Bill C-38 include the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, Fisheries Act, Species at Risk Act, National Roundtable on Energy and the Environment Act, and Kyoto Implementation Act. More »

Among the participants were 40 Innu women from Sept-Iles who had walked 800km to protest the Plan Nord, Quebec's plan to open up the North and the province's last virgin ecosystems to major industrial development and mining. More »

On Tuesday, March 20, as grizzly bears contemplated rousing from their long winter slumber, the British Columbia government ignored warnings from biologists and approved a controversial ski resort in the Purcell Mountains. More »

As a chef I use fresh, simple ingredients and make sure that what I cook is accessible to the public. Pretentious food no longer holds a place at my table. Nature provides us with raw ingredients that are perfect. Why taint them and create for the sake of manipulation through technology? More »

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It's a cozy corner of DSF's Vancouver office where staff plot, plan and eat cake together. The Panther Lounge blog profiles interesting news and ideas about sustainability and society, both from inside our organization and the community around it.